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Operators' Tools - RIPE Labs
1. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Operators Tools
RIPE Labs
..illuminating new ideas and tools from
the community for the community
Mirjam Kühne
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2. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
A Bit of History
• RIPE NCC started as Coordination Center for
the RIPE community
• RIPE Database, mailing lists, meetings
• Only later it became an RIR
• Once it was accepted as a neutral place
• Providing platform for operators to coordinate
their activities
RIPE Labs – back to the Roots
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3. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
What is RIPE Labs?
• It is a web site, but more importantly:
• A platform and a tool for the community
• You can
• Test and evaluate new tools and prototypes
• Contribute new ideas and research results
• Discover and discuss in forums and blogs
http://labs.ripe.net
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4. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Currently on RIPE Labs
INRDB
IP Allocation Movies
Resource Explainer (REX)
IPv4 and IPv6 Measurements
NetSense
DNS Related Tools
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5. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
INRDB
• The Internet Number Resource Database
• A system to store and retrieve large amounts of Internet
Number Resource related data
• Routing Information Services (RIS) table dumps, IANA and RIR
allocation and assignment data, other external datasets
• Helps accomplish RIPE NCC to serve the community by
enabling efficient access across heterogeneous
historical data
• Allows us to provide you new types of services
http://labs.ripe.net/content/intro-inrdb-internet-number-resource-database
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6. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Resource Explainer
• Based on growing community needs, a service where:
• History and current status of resources can be looked up
• Information from many sources are combined and explained
• Some reasons are
• Growing use of recycled / transferred resources
• Proliferation of resource abuse
• Support resource management activities
http://labs.ripe.net/content/rex-resource-explainer
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8. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Resource Explainer Plans
• Recently included IPv6 support and ASNs
Future Plans:
• Add more aspects and more details to existing ones
• Please let us know what else would be useful!
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9. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
NetSense (netsense.ripe.net)
• Consistent interface integrating various measurement
services provided by the RIPE NCC
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10. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Pollution in 1/8
• 1/8 allocated to APNIC
• Lots of discussion about usability of 1/8
• How much of it us already routed?
• Lots of interest in the results
http://labs.ripe.net/content/pollution-18
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11. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
IPv6 Measurements
• A compilation of IPv6 measurements
• List of IPv6 measurements and tools from various
sources with a short description and links to the tools
and results
• Please let us know what type of measurements would
be helpful for your operations
http://labs.ripe.net/content/ipv6-measurement-compilation
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12. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
LIR Growth Statistics
• RIPE NCC membership demographics
• http://labs.ripe.net/content/ripe-ncc-membership-growth
• Internet number resources are distributed among the
membership
• http://labs.ripe.net/content/members-and-their-number-resources
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13. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
DNS related Tools
• DNS Lameness checker (Shane Kerr)
• Downloadable tool for DNS operators
• DNSSEC for the root zone
• Plans for signing K-root
• DNS reply-size tester
• Easy tool to determine maximum size of DNS response packets
your resolver can handle
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15. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Why RIPE Labs?
• Faster, tighter innovation cycle
• Provide useful prototypes to you earlier
• Adapt to the changing environment more quickly
• Closer involvement of the community
• Openness
• Make feedback and suggestions easier and more
effective
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16. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
RIPE Labs Rules
• Free and civil discussion between individuals
• Anyone can read RIPE Labs content
• Please register before contributing
• No service guarantees
• Content can disappear based on
• Community feedback
• Legal or abuse issues
• Too little resources
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17. RIPE Network Coordination Centre
Questions or Comments
• Please take a look and participate
• Questions or comments
• mir@ripe.net or labs@ripe.net
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